Re: CVS commit: sharesrc/share/mk

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

On Mar 20, 12:23pm, "Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
} jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth) writes:
} > } things. In addition, the change wasn't discussed on tech-toolchain,
} > } and there was a good reason to have it the other way.
} > 
} >      I disagree.  I often build individual items to fix security holes,
} > make local mods (i.e. hook pppd into my accounting system), etc.
} > Building individual items should simple.
} 
} So you are going to claim that saying "make USETOOLS=no" is so
} complicated that it makes the system too inconvenient to use?

     No.  However, I am saying that the type of the thing the average
user is likely to do should be as simple as possible.  Yes, I know not
many users will work with the source code, but there are probably fewer
that build the entire tree then those that build select parts.

}-- End of excerpt from "Perry E. Metzger"